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For many organizations, preparing for the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been a time-consuming endeavor. Unfortunately, the work is not over. Now that GDPR is in effect, companies will need to do regular internal audits to assess their compliance levels.

Audits are very important, as accountability is one of the principles under the GDPR, and organizations are expected to monitor their privacy and compliance program as part of being compliant.

Optimization and prevention are the two main benefits of running an internal audit. But it’s confusing. There is a proliferation of potentially confusing licensing metrics in your agreements, which have made entitlement tracking considerably more difficult. It’s important to understand what your licencing fees is based on and be able to track and report on those metrics internally.

Ten years ago, most conservative companies heard the terms “cloud services” or “hosted systems” and steered clear. They wanted to be in control of their destiny and did not want to bear the risk of being dependent on a cloud provider. Their priority was to ensure the security of their information as well as the stability and “uptime” of their environment. As cloud computing has increased in maturity in the technology industry, however, the question of moving to the cloud seems to be more when and what, than if. So, with as often as the term is tossed around with seemingly so many different ideas, what does “cloud” mean?

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